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Samsung Launches Industry's First Tizen Smartphone - the Samsung Z — Samsung Z offers a unique user experience with advanced web performance and usability — Samsung Electronics today introduced the Samsung Z, the first commercially available smartphone powered by the Tizen platform.
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| Jonathan Cheng / Wall Street Journal: |
Samsung tries to lessen Android reliance with first Tizen phone, coming first to Russia in Q3 — Samsung will start selling a smartphone running on Tizen in the third quarter — Samsung Electronics said Monday that it would start selling a smartphone running on a homegrown operating system called Tizen … | Wall Street Journal: |
Google plans to spend over $1B to deploy low altitude satellites for internet access in remote areas — Google Invests in Satellites to Spread Internet Access — Company Projects Spending More Than $1 Billion to Connect Unwired Reaches of the Globe — Google Inc. plans to spend …
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
No Microsoft Start Menu for Windows 8 until 2015: Sources — Summary: It's looking like Microsoft's new ‘mini’ Start Menu for Windows 8.x won't be part of Windows 8.1 Update 2 as rumored. Instead, it's sounding like a 2015 deliverable now. — Microsoft won't be delivering a new Start Menu …
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| Steve Kovach / Business Insider: |
John Legere: How The T-Mobile CEO Is Poised To Make Millions After Bringing The Company Back From The Dead — A few weeks ago, there was a boozy party on the rooftop of the Empire Hotel, which overlooks Lincoln Center on the west side of Manhattan. — Waitresses in heels, tights, and short dresses served plates of sliders to guests.
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| Tomio Geron / Exitround: |
Report on tech M&A: raising more capital does not necessarily result in a larger exit price — The Exit Curve: Exitround's Report On Tech M&A — Raising as much capital as possible is often seen as a badge of honor in Silicon Valley. And there are many great reasons for startups to raise as much capital as possible.Thanks:@jacob
| Richard Lai / Engadget: |
ASUS Transformer Book V is a Windows hybrid laptop with a detachable Android phone — Wow, just wow. ASUS has just announced the Transformer Book V, a Windows 2-in-1 laptop with a detachable Android phone. No, this isn't the Windows Phone-powered PadFone that we've been waiting for, but the package is still pretty mind-blowing.
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| Liam Spradlin / Android Police: |
Rumor: Google Exploring ‘KITT’ For Eyes-Free Functionality In The Car, Always-On Listening — A while ago, we posted about information we'd received indicating that sometime soon, Google's search functionality (and other actions) would be expanding beyond the Search app …
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| Carmel DeAmicis / PandoDaily: |
SV Angel invested in TapTalk after finding it on Product Hunt, a daily product leaderboard — Well, that's a first. SV Angel closes seed deal sourced through Product Hunt — Product Hunt is fast-becoming a HackerNews for product geeks. And now, in what we're pretty sure is a first … | Dave Lee / BBC: |
International authorities seize control of Gameover Zeus botnet command servers, urge affected users to take action before botnet is reestablished — ‘Two weeks’ to block cyber-attack as criminal network seized — Servers around the world were seized - but criminals will soon adapt, the NCA warns| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
RSS client Reeder 2 for Mac now available on the Mac App Store — After a brief public beta period, the popular RSS client Reeder is out with the first update to its Mac software since Google Reader broke support Reeder last year. — The new version supports a number of RSS services …
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